混合這個動作
這一群是動詞：正在把不同的東西融成一體，從抽象的協調到廚房裡的實際攪拌。
mix together · verb · C2
To mix different things so that they work well or feel good together, or to come together in that way.
融合
核心畫面
Two or more different things are brought together so completely that you can no longer pick out the edges between them — and the result works better than any of them alone.
兩樣以上不同的東西被攪在一起，攪到你再也找不到它們之間的界線——不是並排放著，是真的融進彼此。而且 blend 這個…更多收起
兩樣以上不同的東西被攪在一起，攪到你再也找不到它們之間的界線——不是並排放著，是真的融進彼此。而且 blend 這個字裡藏著一個正面的判斷：混出來的結果是「好的」「協調的」，比原本各自單獨存在時更順。這一點跟 mix 很不一樣：mix 只是中性地說混了，blend 則暗示混得漂亮、混得剛好。Two branches
混合出來的結果
同一個畫面，但看的是動作完成後留下的那個東西——混好的成品本身。
harmonious mixture · noun · C2
A mix of different things, qualities, or people that work well together.
調和
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
blendnoun/blɛnd/
- 1
A mixture of two or more things.
- Their music has been described as a blend of jazz and heavy metal.
- Our department has a good blend of experienced workers and young promise.
- 2
human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA word formed by combining two other words; a portmanteau word.
- Blends, also known as portmanteau words, are not an original part of English. That is, none occur in Old or Middle English, nor even in Elizabethan English, with the earliest known example being the rare and now obsolete term tomaxe, a blend of tomahawk and axe.
blendverb/blɛnd/
- 1
To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other.
- To make hummus you need to blend chickpeas, olive oil, lemon juice and garlic.
- 2
To be mingled or mixed.
- There is a tone of solemn and sacred feeling that blends with our conviviality.
- To feel no other breezes than are blown / Through its tall woods with high romances blent
- 3
obsoleteTo pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
- These stormes, which now his beauty blend, Shall turn to calmes.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。